Assessing Senior High Student’s Learning Experiences in Mathematics

In this study, the learning experience and its cognitive factors of Mathematics among senior high school students of Visayas State University were investigated using a correlational research approach.  A complete enumeration of 222 grade 11 and 12 senior high students in the second semester of school year 2018-2019 were used as the participants of the survey. Using a developed structured questionnaire, a primary data was employed. Results showed that the mathematics attitude of students influence their learning experience and academic performance. Mathematics anxiety has a negative effect on the students learning experience especially for females. However, mathematical resilience locates itself in a positive psychology which addresses mental wellness and makes the students positively perceived that mathematics is interesting even if it is challenging.  Also, results revealed that senior high school students are mostly visual learners in mathematics, which implies that students practice visualizing or pictures numbers/equations and other concepts in their mind. Furthermore, it can be gleaned that an academic performance is not just derived from study habits but to their motivation and interest in mathematic

Cubic Polynomial for the Series of Consecutive Cubes under Alternating Signs

This paper aims to develop an elegant formula for the series of consecutive cubes of natural numbers under alternating signs. In addition, this paper investigates the formula under odd and even number of terms and discuss some important findings. Keywords: Consecutive cubes; alternating signs; odd and even terms. 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification: 11B13, 11B50, 97I30 Abstrak Paper ini bertujuan membangun formula yang elegan untuk deret berganti tanda bilangan-bilangan kubik berurutan.  Paper ini juga menyelidiki formula untuk banyak suku ganjil dan untuk banyak suku genap, dan mendiskusikan beberapa temuan penting. Kata kunci:. Bilangan kubik berurutan, berganti tanda, suku ganjil dan suku gena